Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 2142. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WORLD. ARMENIA. Lot of nineteen AR and Æ from Armenia. Includes the following: "Tosp." Mithridates. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. Æ 23mm (8.18 gm). Diademed Parthian style head left within wreath / "Mithradates King of Tosp(?)," within wreath. E. Khurshudian, "A Coin of Mitridat, King of Tosp," Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 157 (1998), pg. 8. VF for issue, dark green patina. Extremely rare and unusual // Levon I. Double Tram (2) // Levon I. Tram (2) // Levon I. 1/2 Tram // Hetoum I. Tram // Levon II. Tram (2) // Levon II. 1/2 Tram // Levon III. Kardez (3) // Oshin. Pogh // Levon IV. Pogh (2) // Levon V. Pogh // Post-Roupenian (2). Average Fair to Fine, the Tosp a bit overcleaned and porous. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Nineteen (19) coins in lot. ($300)

Regarding the "Tosp" issue: Khurshudian records four examples of similar coins, all with left facing heads. The coins were all found in Armenia (three in the archaeological excavations at Artashat and one in Van), and the reverse legend mentions a sub-king named Mithradates from the otherwise unknown district of Tosp.